Transfusion blood/blood component(s) at Parkwest Medical Center

9352 Park West Blvd, Knoxville, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1396739165

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 5, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$226.17

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$359.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$66.32 with Aetna vs $1,887.00 with BCBS TN — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Aetna Commercial $66.32 ↓ -71%
EHN Network Lease $161.55 ↓ -29%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $215.40 ↓ -5%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $233.35 ↑ +3%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $251.30 ↑ +11%
Beech Street PPO $269.25 ↑ +19%
NovaNet Network Lease $269.25 ↑ +19%
Direct Care America PPO $287.20 ↑ +27%
Cigna BHO $287.20 ↑ +27%
MedSave USA Commercial $287.20 ↑ +27%
National Provider Network PPO $287.20 ↑ +27%
CCN Managed Care PPO $305.15 ↑ +35%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $307.90 ↑ +36%
Initial Group PPO $315.92 ↑ +40%
United Healthcare Tenncare $317.00 ↑ +40%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $323.10 ↑ +43%
Tricare Humana Military $400.27 ↑ +77%
Optum VA CCN $400.27 ↑ +77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $412.28 ↑ +82%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $412.28 ↑ +82%
Humana DSNP $412.28 ↑ +82%
Humana Medicare Advantage $412.28 ↑ +82%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $412.28 ↑ +82%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $412.28 ↑ +82%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $416.28 ↑ +84%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $416.28 ↑ +84%
American Health Plan ISNP $420.28 ↑ +86%
Devoted Health HMO $420.28 ↑ +86%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $420.28 ↑ +86%
Devoted Health PPO $420.28 ↑ +86%
United Healthcare DSNP $420.28 ↑ +86%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $420.28 ↑ +86%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $420.28 ↑ +86%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $420.28 ↑ +86%
Cigna Medicare PPO $420.28 ↑ +86%
Cigna Medicare HMO $420.28 ↑ +86%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $420.28 ↑ +86%
Wellpoint DSNP $420.28 ↑ +86%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $420.28 ↑ +86%
NHC Advantage ISNP $420.28 ↑ +86%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $420.28 ↑ +86%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $420.28 ↑ +86%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $420.28 ↑ +86%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $420.28 ↑ +86%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $420.28 ↑ +86%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $420.28 ↑ +86%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $433.00 ↑ +91%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $509.00 ↑ +125%
United Healthcare Options PPO $624.00 ↑ +176%
BCBS TN Blue Care $1,155.00 ↑ +411%
Cigna IFP $1,250.00 ↑ +453%
Ambetter Exchange $1,308.00 ↑ +478%
Cigna Local Plus $1,532.00 ↑ +577%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $1,685.00 ↑ +645%
Cigna OAP $1,802.00 ↑ +697%
Cigna HMO $1,802.00 ↑ +697%
Cigna POS $1,802.00 ↑ +697%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $1,887.00 ↑ +734%

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Transfusion blood/blood component(s) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $118.47 $161.55 – $420.28
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $375.00 $30.61 – $998.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,220.41 $45.56 – $1,026.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $242.88 $347.30 – $798.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,744.03 $45.56 – $1,026.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $119.40 $35.51 – $897.46
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $375.00 $30.61 – $1,004.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $375.00 $30.61 – $1,004.50

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